Chinese symbol for “squalid”
脏乱差
zāng luàn chà
Traditional: 髒亂差
(coll.) squalid; squalor
The closest CC-CEDICT match for squalid is 脏乱差 (zāng luàn chà), defined as: (coll.) squalid; squalor.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “squalid”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 脏乱差.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 心脏 (心臟) | xīn zàng | heart; 颗 (kē),个 (gè) |
| 肮脏 (骯髒) | āng zāng | dirty; filthy; despicable |
| 心脏病 (心臟病) | xīn zàng bìng | heart disease |
| 肾脏 (腎臟) | shèn zàng | kidney |
| 肝脏 (肝臟) | gān zàng | liver |
| 内脏 (內臟) | nèi zàng | internal organs; viscera |
| 混乱 (混亂) | hùn luàn | confused; chaotic; disorderly |
| 叛乱 (叛亂) | pàn luàn | armed rebellion |
| 差异 (差異) | chā yì | difference; discrepancy |
See also: Japanese symbol for “squalid”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.